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WOFL Good Day 7am February 22, 2016

Hitandrun crash in Orange County. Witnesses stunned as a mangled car manages to leave the scene. Well tell you where the driver is now. Reporter two people found dead in a home in Merritt Island overnight. We have more on what investigators are telling us. Unbelievable amy history made at daytona yesterday. Denny hamlin winning the closest 500 in history. Crossing the finish line 10 milliseconds ahead of martin truex jr. David martin is at the track. Well check in with him in a bit. John i bet a lot of people waking up with sunburn. Amy i did notice a lot of red necks yesterday. Jayme i bet you did. Here are your numbers for you right now. We have 40s and 50s. The cusp of about 60 degrees. And a nice morning overall. And a few snowflakes flying across the rest of the nation. Fairly benign picture. Not a lot going on. Until we see another low come ripping out of the rockies. And that energy drops southbound and begin to change our weather world big time into tuesday. Of note, it looks like wednesday could be a very, very active day taking shape. The cloud cover on top with the close proximity of the front. Sun and clouds. And clouds win the weather war, of course. And accuweather hour by hour times and temps. Increase in clouds and isolated rain chance, especially later on in the afternoon and internal by the certainly by the evening, up to 30 , and 40 tomorrow. And higher on wednesday. In the area the during this time. I will outline what this means to the forecast, coming up. Gina sky fox is over the earlier crash at obt and americana. Traffic is moving through. Its still partially shut down in the area. We have traffic flowing. So thats good news. The crash is almost completely cleared. And i want to bring you out to breaking traffic news. Out in Volusia County we have a crash neardyson drive. All westbound lanes currently shut down. I4 westbound near dirkson. Significant delays in both directions. I would suggest taking 1792 as an alternate route. And another crash at sand lake and partially blocked at sun port. Not causing significant delays but be aware going through the area. Things looking smooth except for the patch i just told you about. I4 eastbound from the attractions to downtown, 13 minutes. The 408 is up to speed well. Amy Brevard County Sheriffs Office is working to determine what happened after two bodies were found in a home. John it happened in a home on Merritt Island. Fox 35s dana jay has more. Reporter heres what we know so far. Brevard county fire and rescue called to this home, 7 indian street here in Merritt Island late last night. Two people dead inside. The Sheriffs Office took over the investigation from here. Theyre calling this is Death Investigation at this point. No word on whether or not there was foul play or who was found dead. Although maybes tell us that a daughter live in the home. This is still a very much developing story as we work to learn who was killed, how they were killed and whether or not there are any suspects this morning. As we get any more information, well bring it to you. But for now, live in Merritt Island, dana jay. John crews are draining a pond in Orange County as they continue the search for baby willow. Amy just east of the willow bend apartments on silver star road and thats where the Police Believe that the baby was born and possibly discarded. Last week the crews searched dumpsters and even the sewers but didnt find anything. The babys mother, susan richardson, is not offering any information to help find the baby. Shes being held on 50,000 bond. John a man from orlando is asking for someone to come forward after his mother is hit and killed by a dirt bike. Near the intersections of powers and denton drives. The driver lost control and crashed into 59yearold woman. Both rushed to the hospital and both later died. Louis ants son spoke to us. She said she wses going to go down the street to buy something, and that was the last time i saw my mother. John none of the other drivers involved stayed at the scene. John right now the city collects trash twice a week and recycling every other week. People have long complained that the trash cans are only half full but the recycling bins are overflowing. Selected to take part in a seven month experiment. They will collect recycling and trash once a week. If positive, the entire city could make the switch. Amy uber driver accused of killing six people in kalamazoo, michigan. Saturday night he opened fire outside of an apartment complex, a car dealership, and a restaurant. Six people in all were killed including a father and his 8yearold son. Dalton wassage uber driver and had no previous record. Uber has not said that if he was working the night of the shooting. And no motive. John luanne joins us live in studio with more own what was truly a photo fish at the daytona 500. Reporter what an exciting race. A look at the front page of the photo finish. Denny hamlin wins closest of daytona 500 and it fulfills his childhood dream. Here they come to the line. The finish of the daytona 500. Unbelievable i think it was denny hamlin. Hamlin by an inch. Hamlin by an inch. Oh, my goodness. Wow. Reporter he managed to squeeze past his teammate matt kenseth, and martin true exjr. He was so close he didnt even know he won. His first daytona 500 victory. Something that hamlin has attempted 10 times before. Its the pinnacle of my career, for sure. I havent got a championship yet. This is obviously the biggest win for myself. I felt like i had enough momentum to keep him behind me, and i did, all the way up to and he just shot out. Great guy to joe gibbs racing. Its been a Long Time Coming and cool to see denny score that victory. Reporter republican hamlin was when hamlin was in second grade, he wrote a letter wishing for a daytona 500 victory. After the win his mother tweeted a photo of the letter. The letter said he wanted to win the race in 1998. It may have taken 18 years longer than expected but he finally got the win. John wheation funny about that is that mom kept the letter. Moms keep everything. Amy and the dads always make fun of us. John because your son may win the daytona 500 some day. Amy some day. Its lights out for donald trump. He was talking to supporters when the lights suddenly went out. Probably sent here so we because to put them in our jails they didnt pay the electric bill. Cue the music. Thats the night that the lights went out in georgia you sound like reba mcintyre. Jayme disagrees. John a jayme was impressed. Jayme i will only sign you for a million and a half. Thats it. Rain is reentering the scene, were getting ready for the new caramel macchiato from Dunkin Donuts. Let handcrafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramelflavored swirl uplift your mood. Indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today. Ohoh, ohoh ohoh, ohoh, ohohohooh, oh hearts are made for sharing. Spread some sweetness with Dunkin Donuts cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. Heartshaped happiness too sweet not to share. I4 westbound at dirkson all westbound lanes are shut down, and one eastbound lane is shut down. I am continuing to keep my eye on this and will give the latest coming up. John turning to the race on the white house. Moving on to the next big contest. Amy republicans in nevada hold a caucus and democrats will head to the polls on saturday for their primary. Reforming education, rebuilding the u. S. Military and limiting government. Rubio, who finished second in the South Carolina primary joked when supporters began to chant his name. Marco. Dont say polo. I know you want to say pole polo. I hate that game. In fact, when i am president , itll be a federal crime, punishable by five years to play marco polo. Thats a joke. Amy sometimes you have to say that. Because somebody would run with it. Cruz said that a top priority of his administration would be to bring back jobs, growth, and opportunities for all americans. Meanwhile, donald trump who is expected to win in nevada is in georgia right now. Blasting the size of the National Debt and the illegal immigration. He had fun with supporters when the lights went out in georgia. They were probably sent here when they didnt pay the electric bill. Oh, i like that much better. Oh. John on the democratic side, Hillary Clinton is in los angeles. She will hold a fundraiser. And 1,000 has to be paid to attend. And sanders repeated a theme that his administration would fight for the interest of all americans, not just the wealthy. This campaign is gaining momentum because we are listening to the American People and we are listening in a way right now Hillary Clinton holds a large lead in the polls in South Carolina. Heres jayme king. Not too bad out there . Jayme not too bad at all. Good morning, bud. 40s in ocala. Widespread 50s surrounded and clustered up around that site. 5 56 in gorgeous melbourne, palm bay. Down to the Indian River County border. Benign and quiet weather. Very, very light winds. Good morning. We hope you had a good weekend. The weather couldnt be better. Fantastic conditions at the track yesterday for the running of the darchlts 500. We have some weather changes for you now. The front doesnt bring a direct rain chance, its more indirect itll produce more of a southerly air flow at some point today. Our big weather system comes up and out of the rockies. Cutting into the denver area. Moving head strong our way. Bringing another span of clouds and a big substantial temp spike and eventually a rain spike that we have not seen for some time. Our rain today will likely come from the south in form of isolated showers generally a gdo to 6 00 generally after 5 00 p. M. To 6 00 p. M. And 30 , not herb sees. Well download the fox 35 weather app to get the information at the palm of your hand. If you have to yet to download, do it now. I think youll be glad you did. Covering all bases now as we type weather atmosphere. We could get a little couple of what i call popcorn showers. Beneficial rain. In and out in quick fashion. This thing developing over the high plains dives rapidly to the south. We talk about an increase in clouds and ultimately a much higher rain chance. See it coming down west of denver. Halt the modeling here and show you that the line of convection nows plows through the region. And we could have a span of some stronger storms on wednesday. Seminole, 80ish or so. In Orange County, city center, orlando, Winter Garden and christmas to the east, a blend at times, clouds win the weather war. And brevard, 80ish. And cocoa beach to Satellite Beach and palm bay and melbourne, looking good. Sea breeze at 5 to 10. Keeping temperatures generally under 80 on the sand. Stronger storms, on wednesday, and then sun and fun next weekend. Lows by that time around the midto upper 40s. Gina we do have a pretty nasty crash on i4 westbound near dirkson drive. Currently all westbound lanes are shut down. Because of this crash, the eastbound lanes are shut down, causing significant delays. A lot of backup in the area. I would suggest taking 1792 as an alternate route. And coming up, ill give you a hiawassee partially blocked at silver star. Causing a little bit of days. Nothing too significant. Be aware if you drive through there this morning. And i want to bring you back to the earlier crash at sand lake and sunport drive. Doesnt look to be causing too many significant delays. Be aware if you are traveling through that area as well. Aside from the stretch on i4, i4 westbound is still looking nice. I4 eastbound is starting to slow. Attractions to downtown will take 16 minutes. Time now for the fox 35 pump patrol. Saving you money. Regular gas 1. 57 at the speedway in casselberry. You can always check out gas saving tips on our website. John the borrowing battle. Amy well talk personal consider when before financing the next big purchase. We said it would be a pretty sunrise. And our camera from downtown orlando. We would love to see your snap the sun picture. Send them to us on twitter anda3 use february is huge for us. All our handcrafted classic footlongs are just 6 each. The media is going a little crazy. Submageddon with an incredible amount of accumulation inside. That now seems. Enjoy all our classic footlongs youve got a friend in me john we want to say good morning to diane. You are the fox 35 friend of the day. Theres a new friend of the day each and every day. Find us by going to facebook and searching for fox 35. Good morning, diane. Amy its money monday. Were talking about personal loans. An article on forbes. Com said that more people are using them to pay off debts and make home improvements. Is it a good idea. Certified Financial Planner and our good friend joe better is joining us live in the studio. Joe bert. The flu is going around, bringing everybody down. Talk about this. There are advantages to doing a personal loan. What are some . You can get the loan quicker. Weeks. The Interest Rate you get is generally less than you would get on a credit card. You dont want to use credit card for that kind of financings. And heaven for bid one of the payday loans. Amy really high interest . Personal loan is generally a good way to go. And unsecured. If you use it for this, this is a good idea for this and not for that. If you cant get a zero Interest Rate. Sometimes you can get appliances and zero Interest Rate. Thats the best deal. But if you want to do debt consolidation. You have high Interest Rate, 15 , 16 , a personal loan for half of that, or a third of that, you are better off in the long run. Amy what about taking out a personal loan in your 401k . Is that an option . Certainly you can bore oaf. You pay yourself back. You act as your own bank. If you leave your job before the loan is paid off, its taxable to you, and perhaps with a penalty. You can get a personal loan from bank, and google. You would be amazed at how many are offering personal loans. You dont want to take on debt if you cant pay back the loan. Never free. There are Interest Rates attached and you want to pay it off. A personal loan is 1 to 7 year pay back. You dont want to go into debt just no the sake of going into debt. Buying a tv or heaven forbid a vacation. If you it wouldnt pay off debt, its not a bad way to go. John breaking news. One person dead after a four cars involved. Find out how trooper were able to track down the driver. We have pretty blue skies out there today. Overall, a nice day on tap. Its a beautiful morning amy if you are in town this week on vacation, visiting the attractions area, wow, you have a couple great days in store for you. 80 degrees temperatures today. And it should be hopping down there. John a great day out there. Im john brown. Amy im amy kaufeldt. We have breaking news from overnight. Out of Orange County, a person has died after a hitandrun crash. Troopers said that they did eventually catch the responsible driver. Im okay. And im going to be okay. Anyone that knows any knows that i will get through this. Four stitches in my eye over here. A sergeants spirits are high. What she has to say after being run over by a suspect. 2016 is a turning point in the history of the greatest nation on earth. Amy marco rubio not keuding the. The race for the white house has been full of surprise. coming up, we will our political analysts. John jayme king, showers up north . Whats going on today. Jayme good morning. We have a front locked up to the north. On the northern flank of this, were seeing a lot of rainfall developing. We get a taste of that. More indirect and directly tied to the front. Southerly wind flow developing through the course of the day. Bringing in a slim, slight shower risk. 20 to 30 . And in particular after 3 to 4 00 p. M. Clouds weighing in heavily over the North Central south of the general area with 48. And 55 orlando. Deland, 53. Titusville, 56. Were in the 50s, and near 80 in most locations. The exception is the coastal areas. We see a southeasterly component, a sea breeze of sorts developing in the afternoon. Should keep areas under the 80degree mark. But you can see sharp rise of temps tomorrow into wednesday, despite the clouds. A risk of stronger storms by wednesday. Im talking more about that, the timing, the placement, and weve got it covered in full weather, coming up. Gina i want to bring you back to the crash we have i4 westbound, right before dirksen drive, and causing significant delays. We have all westbound lanes shut down this morning. We have an eastbound lane also and thats in the same area. Traffic is being diverted off on to dirksen. If you want to avoid all together, i made you this map. Take 472 exit and then back to 1792. Use caution driving through the area. If you need to use i4, definitely give yourself extra time. We have the crash at hiawassee and silver star. Still partially blocked but not causing significant delays. And the crash at sand lake and0 sun port. Thats not causing any delays either. The big one is i4 in Volusia County. Taking at drive times. Jun young to downtown, 6 minutes. And 434 to faimpleghts takes you about 6 minutes. 434 to fairbanks. Thats it for your live drive traffic. John we have breaking news Orange Blossom trail is finally back open after a deadly hitandrun. Amy they did eventually catch the driver who was responsible. Fox 35s Andrea Jackson has more at the scene. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The all lanes have been reopened. We just learned the identity of the man who caused the crash. Troopers are at the hospital evaluating him. Were trying to see if alcohol is a factor in the crash, as we expect. Right now were technology the investigation. The big were continuing the investigation. The deputies were able to locate the vehicle and the driver. We dont have to spend a lot of time now looking for him. Reporter looking at the inters

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